Today is the day that Ukraine remembers the deportation of the Crimean Tatars. Because of our neighbours, that day has become important to us, too. (I wrote a little about this several years ago, too.) Yesterday our neighbourhood library sent out a link to a movie, a Crimean Tatar fairy tale. We watched it as part of school today. It is beautiful and sweet. As the library said, "A people's pain and their dreams are in their fairy tales." At the end, the dedushka in the movie tells the children just a little about the terrible time of the deportation; just enough to introduce the idea.
We're at that stage of language learning where we can't really understand much, but it's awfully fun to watch a movie, because of all the familiar words. Even Bogdan followed along with the audio, and he doesn't read fast enough to keep up with the subtitles. I couldn't find an English version of the whole movie, but here is the trailer with English:
2 comments:
Thanks to viewing an earlier FB post, I have also been remembering the suffering today recalls and the pain of today's occupation. Love to each of you.
Thank you, Phyllis! I was able to read the story yesterday on FB. I have often thought about and prayed for all the suffering these people have experienced. I really couldn't believe the takeover of Crimea right after the Olympics there. And,t he world just stood by and watched. Very sad day of remembrance. Love to you all!!
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